Want to start a garden?

Look here from information on how to start a garden in your community. If you're in Mendocino or Lake Counties and you're looking for help, contact us!

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Community Garden

If you are in Mendocino or Lake Counties and would like help from the NCO Gardens Project, please download our New Garden Packet here. If you are out of the area, the following Start-up up Guides have been created to help you create a sustainable community garden. Special thanks to the Common Ground Garden Program at UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles and Denver Urban Gardens for their work. Also, contact the Gardens Project for local resources, models, and garden contracts, here.

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School Garden

If you're in the Mendocino County area and you're interested in starting up a school or pre-school garden, contact us and we can put you in touch with folks who can help you out.

The California School Garden Network (CSGN) has created a wonderful, free resource and guide to start develop and sustain a school garden: Gardens for Learning - Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden.

Victory Garden

In 2009, the Mendocino County Master Gardeners organized a three part series on "Creating Your Own Victory Garden" that was open to the general public. The three classes took participants through planning, planting, and harvesting their own garden.